Elixir-a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinately
Fortnight-2 weeks
Ignominy-Dishonor
Languor-a languid feeling,slow
Lassitude-Weariness,fatigue
Omnipotence-unlimited authority and power
Pedant- vain display of learning
Pertinacity-a person who is obstinately persistent
Poignant-Painfully affecting the feelings
Precipitous-steep
Predilection-preference, tendency to favor something
Vacillating-not resolute,wavering,undecided
*Anglo Saxon Vocab Scop-Traveling agent
Kenning-two word poetic renaming of people,places,and things
Caesuras-Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines,where the reciter could pause for a break
assonance-the repetition of a vowel sounds in unrhymed, stress syllables
alliteration-the repition of initial consanant sounds in accented syllables
Reparation- act or process of making amends
taut-tight,not slack
chaste-morally pure or modest
pyre-a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite
synod-a council or assembly of a christian church officials
shroud-a cloth used to wrap a body for burial
infamous-having an eceedingly bad reputation,notorious
sinew-a tendon
writhing-to twist and squirm,as in pain
Questions 1 A cloth used to wrap a body for burial would be a
2 act or process of making amends would be a
3 a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite would be a
4 a council or assembly of a christian church officials is a
5 to twist and squirm,as in pain is to_
6 not resolute,wavering,undecided _
7 2 weeks
8 The human face _
9 Bare,Bold,Courageous ___
10 difficult,laborious
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Frankenstein Vocab
Antipathy-Settled aversion or dislike
Arduous-difficult,laborious
Capacious-spacious,able to contain much
Chimera-an imaginary monster
Convalescence-The gradual recovery of health
Countenance-The human face
Dauntless-Bare,Bold,Courageous
Delineate-To picture in words
Docile-Easily taught
Elixir-a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinately
Fortnight-2 weeks
Ignominy-Dishonor
Languor-a languid feeling,slow
Lassitude-Weariness,fatigue
Omnipotence-unlimited authority and power
Pedant- vain display of learning
Pertinacity-a person who is obstinately persistent
Poignant-Painfully affecting the feelings
Precipitous-steep
Predilection-preference, tendency to favor something
Vacillating-not resolute,wavering,undecided
*Anglo Saxon Vocab
Scop-Traveling agent
Kenning-two word poetic renaming of people,places,and things
Caesuras-Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines,where the reciter could pause for a break
assonance-the repetition of a vowel sounds in unrhymed, stress syllables
alliteration-the repition of initial consanant sounds in accented syllables
Reparation- act or process of making amends
taut-tight,not slack
chaste-morally pure or modest
pyre-a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite
synod-a council or assembly of a christian church officials
shroud-a cloth used to wrap a body for burial
infamous-having an eceedingly bad reputation,notorious
sinew-a tendon
writhing-to twist and squirm,as in pain
Questions
1 A cloth used to wrap a body for burial would be a
2 act or process of making amends would be a
3 a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite would be a
4 a council or assembly of a christian church officials is a
5 to twist and squirm,as in pain is to_
6 not resolute,wavering,undecided _
7 2 weeks
8 The human face _
9 Bare,Bold,Courageous ___
10 difficult,laborious